PT-2021-7969 · Xpdf+1 · Xpdf+1

Shellway · Published 2021-01-03 · Updated 2023-11-24 · CVE-2022-48545

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xpdf version 4.02

Description The issue is related to an infinite recursion in the Catalog::findDestInTree function, which can cause a denial of service. This function is part of the xpdf software, used for viewing PDF files. The recursion is uncontrolled, allowing an attacker to exploit the issue and disrupt service.

Recommendations For xpdf version 4.02, consider disabling the Catalog::findDestInTree function as a temporary workaround to prevent potential denial of service attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Uncontrolled Recursion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-674

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-07872

CVE-2022-48545

SUSE-SU-2023:4362-1

SUSE-SU-2023:4546-1

Affected Products

Suse

Xpdf

References · 33

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:4546-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48545 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:4362-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42092 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48545 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07872 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/kermitt2/xpdf-4.03/tree/master · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9631 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9545 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36023 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/57458 · Telegram Post
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214726 · Note